The University of Southern California (USC) offers a college course on training to become a social media influencer, or a paid spokesperson on social media. NBC News profiled class members and highlighted how the influencer…
Monthly Archives For March 2020
Protesting Syracuse students end sit-in after coronavirus pandemic
Syracuse University was one of many higher education institutions which ended on-campus classes during the coronavirus pandemic, but the mandatory evacuation of college students did not faze student protesters at the northern New York university….
Striking graduate workers forced classes to close for a day
Striking graduate student workers forced the University of California-Santa Cruz to close classes for at least a day.
Coronavirus could affect college enrollment and college’s bottom line
The ongoing coronavirus will affect U.S. colleges and universities student enrollment and their budgets, according to a survey of U.S. higher education institutions.
Tulane University removes Victory Bell due to past history on a slave plantation
Tulane University removed its Victory Bell after administrators discovered the bell was used on a plantation to direct slaves.
UC-Santa Cruz fires striking teaching assistants
The University of California-Santa Cruz fired some of its graduate students after they refused to post grades, which was a part of a labor strike to receive higher cost-of-living adjustments in their stipends.